Rembrandt C. Robinson

Rembrandt C. Robinson (2 October 1924-8 May 1972) was a Rear-Admiral of the US Navy who was killed in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam War. He was the highest-ranking American officer killed since Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. in 1945 in World War II, and Harold J. Greene later surpassed him in 2014.

Biography
Rembrandt Cecil Robinson was born on 2 October 1924 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He joined the US Navy in 1943 and served in World War II at the Battle of Okinawa, and he later served in the Korean War. Robinson assumed command of the US 31st Destroyer Squadron in September 1968, and he held the rank of Rear-Admiral, planning the mining of Haiphong. Robinson set out to execute Operation Pocket Money, the 1972 mining of Haiphong harbor, but the engine in his helicopter failed and he died in its crash. He was the highest-ranking American officer killed in battle since Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. in 1945, but Harold J. Greene's death in 2014 surpassed his rank and date of death.